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If you are looking for private lessons, musical instruments and accessories, and quality service, look no further than your backyard! Located right on the northwest corner of Bell Rd. and 303, this local shop has a guitar showroom, repair shop, sheet music, and so much more. Check out Musical Surprise for all your musical needs!
If you are looking to further your child's choral experience, I highly recommend the following choirs. Rehearsing in the heart of Phoenix, these non-profit organizations provide quality music and choral experiences. Each group travels around the country and around the world for numerous competitions and festivals. Miss Abarquez is a proud alumnus of the Phoenix Girls Chorus!
Northern Arizona University Shrine of the Ages Choir
This is NAU's premier mixed chorus. They travel across the country and across the world to perform and share their love of music using their voices. Ms. Abarquez is a proud alumnus of this prestigious ensemble. Below, you will find videos of choral pieces that may tickle your fancy!
This website offers games and activities for children who are curious about the symphony. Some features and content throughout SFSKids include: a fun and playful series of educational modules presented as immersive environments and using animal avatars as guides; the ability to explore various linkages between composers, instruments and music compositions; the use of some game-based techniques to motivate repeated listening and engagement; gesture-controlled simulation scenarios using the mouse and keyboard to provide “hands-on” experiences of playing instrument and conducting music; interactive online tutorials to learn about music basics; the opportunity for users to compose and notate their own original music; and much more.
This local orchestra performs at Symphony Hall and The Orpheum Theatre, both located in downtown Phoenix. Many concerts are offered during the season included themed concerts like Harry Potter, Disney, Music in Movies, and many more! The Phoenix Symphony offers student rush tickets so rush over to their website to see which concerts you may be interested in attending!
Did you know that we have Grammy Award winning artists around the valley? The Phoenix Chorale is a local Grammy Award winning ensemble with some of the best singers in Arizona. This group usually holds concerts in the east valley, and in Sun City. Check out their website for concert dates and ticket information. I highly encourage you to watch them and witness their ethereal sound! (Also, some of Miss Abarquez's friends, previous choir teacher and vocal instructor have sung in this amazing group!)
Want to explore more instruments outside of the music room? The Musical Instrument Museum is the place for you!
MIM began with a vision to create a musical instrument museum that would be truly global. Realizing most musical museums featured historic, primarily Western classical instruments, MIM’s founder Bob Ulrich (then CEO of Target Corporation) was inspired to develop a new kind of museum that would focus on the kind of instruments played every day by people worldwide. A focus on the guest experience shaped every aspect of the museum’s development. From the beginning, our goal has been to deliver a musical experience that is enriching, inspiring, interesting, and fun.
Today, MIM has a collection of more than 7,500 instruments from more than 200 world countries and territories. The galleries reflect the rich diversity and history of many world cultures. But music and instruments also show us what we have in common—a thought powerfully expressed in our motto, music is the language of the soul.
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